My favorite Lohengrin: Franz Völker

One of the finest Heldentenors of all time, Franz Völker (1899-1965) impressively shows how beauty of tone, legato and nuanced phrasing are very well possible when singing the demanding tenor roles of Wagner's musicdramas. Völker was by far the best Lohengrin, Parsifal and Stolzing imaginable while Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973) proved to be the ideal for the heavier Wagner tenor roles such as Siegfried, Tristan and Tannhäuser. Interestingly Völker always kept the Mozart roles such as Tamino in his repertoire and sang them parallel to his Wagnerian engagements. Therefore he ensured that his voice stayed healthy and mannerisms such as the temptation of creating "super-tones" and over-singing did not develop.

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[WMP777]

The tone production is effortless and beautiful. Wonderful technique.

[wattever333]

I love how wagnerian heroes are so strong yet serene.

[3muimui]

@CanadaPisces Beautiful! thank you for sharing James!

Thanks to primobaritono for posting! : )

[EdmundStAustell]

This is about as fine as Wagnerian tenor singing gets! Wonderful!

[paulostroff99]

Lovely singing.One of my favourite Wagner selections.TY primobaritono for posting and James for sharing.

[CanadaPisces]

A wonderful Heldentenor! Thank you primobaritone for uploading this outstanding recording!

[LeChevalierDuFeu]

großartig!

[qklq42]

Elegant !

Hans NL

[dadasopher]

one of my favorite songs of all time - beautiful version, with that nobility of soul that makes it even more beautiful

[faktenmann]

Bislang wird der unvergessene Franz Völker in diesem Forum vor allem als Opernsänger vorgestellt,aber auch als Interpret der leichten Muse(Operette,Filmschlager etc.). Völker war aber auch ein geschätzter Konzertsänger.Besonders sind folgende Lied-Aufnahmen zu erwähnen: "Wiegenlied" von Brahms, "Zueignung" von R.Strauss und "Du bist die Ruh" von Franz Schubert /Preiser-CD